flea

1. Any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap (synset 102188805)
   is a type of:

   • ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon - any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
   • insect - small air-breathing arthropod
   subtypes:

   • pulex irritans - the most common flea attacking humans
   • ctenocephalides canis, dog flea - flea that attacks dogs and cats
   • cat flea, ctenocephalides felis - flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats
   • chigger, chigoe, chigoe flea, tunga penetrans - small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
   • echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight, sticktight flea - parasitic on especially the heads of chickens
   belongs to: order siphonaptera, siphonaptera - fleas

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